Promoter nucleosome dynamics regulated by signaling through the CTD code

  1. Philippe Materne
  2. Jayamani Anandhakumar
  3. Valerie Migeot
  4. Ignacio Soriano
  5. Carlo Yague-Sanz
  6. Elena Hidalgo
  7. Carole Mignion
  8. Luis Quintales
  9. Francisco Antequera
  10. Damien Hermand  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of Namur, Belgium
  2. LSU Health Sciences Center, United States
  3. Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
  4. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain

Abstract

The phosphorylation of the RNA polymerase II CTD plays a key role in delineating transcribed regions within chromatin by recruiting histone methylases and deacetylases. Using genome-wide nucleosome mapping, we show that CTD S2 phosphorylation controls nucleosome dynamics in the promoter of a subset of 324 genes, including the regulators of cell differentiation ste11 and metabolic adaptation inv1. Mechanistic studies on these genes indicate that during gene activation a local increase of phosphoS2 CTD nearby the promoter impairs the phosphoS5 CTD dependent recruitment of Set1 and the subsequent recruitment of specific HDACs, which leads to nucleosome depletion and efficient transcription. The early increase of phosphoS2 results from the phosphorylation of the CTD S2 kinase Lsk1 by MAP kinase in response to cellular signaling. The artificial tethering of the Lsk1 kinase at the ste11 promoter is sufficient to activate transcription. Therefore, signaling through the CTD code regulates promoter nucleosomes dynamics.

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  1. Philippe Materne

    Namur Research College, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium
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  2. Jayamani Anandhakumar

    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, LSU Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, United States
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  3. Valerie Migeot

    Namur Research College, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium
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  4. Ignacio Soriano

    Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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  5. Carlo Yague-Sanz

    Namur Research College, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium
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  6. Elena Hidalgo

    Departament de Ciencies Experimentals i de la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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  7. Carole Mignion

    Namur Research College, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium
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  8. Luis Quintales

    Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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  9. Francisco Antequera

    Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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  10. Damien Hermand

    Namur Research College, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium
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    Damien.Hermand@unamur.be
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© 2015, Materne et al.

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  1. Philippe Materne
  2. Jayamani Anandhakumar
  3. Valerie Migeot
  4. Ignacio Soriano
  5. Carlo Yague-Sanz
  6. Elena Hidalgo
  7. Carole Mignion
  8. Luis Quintales
  9. Francisco Antequera
  10. Damien Hermand
(2015)
Promoter nucleosome dynamics regulated by signaling through the CTD code
eLife 4:e09008.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.09008

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